>> Ummm...should X Window windows have scroll bars?  I mean, it is pretty 
>> clear to me that for functionality's sake scroll bars would be really 
>> useful (unless of course the need for them were obviated by constantly 
>> scrolling text), but on my system (IIci now proudly running 
>> GENERICSBC-26) there are no scroll bars, and the text does not advance 
>> automatically in the X Window windows.  Should it?  Any suggestions for a 
>> fix?
>
>Whether or not an xterm window has scrollbars depends on you current 
>XResource settings, the command line options to xterm, and your xterm 
>menu settings.  Try reading the manual page for xterm, there are at least 
>3 ways that I know of to turn them on (i.e. the ones I listed above).
>

Sorry.  I should have though of trying the man pages first.  Still, it is 
difficult for me to conceive of a use for a window that doesn't add each 
line as it is printed or have a scroll bar.  I keep forgetting that I am 
dealing with a flavor of Un*x now, and I have the flexibility to have 
things be perfectly useless, if that is the way I want them :-)

>> Also, what is dt, and what will it do for me?
>
>Dt, short for desktop, I think, is a virtual terminal program.  
>Basically, it allows you to have several terminals running at once, 
>rather than the fairly slow ite console device.  You can switch between 
>them by hitting Command-# combinations.  Another neat feature is that you 
>can use the mouse to cut and paste, unlike the console.  If you're happy  
>with X, you probably don't need it, but I usually keep a copy around 
>just in case I don't need/want to use X.
>

While I am on the subject of things that hadn't occurred to me, I now 
recall that I have a copy of dt around here somewhere.  I would imagine 
it would have a README in it.

Thanks,

Sean.


T. Sean (Theo) Schulze   71410.25@compuserve.com

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